Blog 23: 2014 Interview

Content:

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?
Jazmin Castro, East

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
Jazmin has an interest in focusing her senior project on cosmetology. She has an aunt that works in the field, and she has always had a special interest to learn what encompasses cosmetology. I told her that there were a couple of people in the senior class that were focusing their senior project on cosmetology, so I would give her their contact information so she could know where they did their mentorship, or any other pertinent information.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?
To complete the 10 hours of mentorship, Jazmin plans on mentoring with a person she meet on Career Day. On Career Day, Jazmin was able to meet a person who works in the cosmetology field, who was willing to be her mentor her the senior project. She's a bit unsure as to what she will be doing to complete the 10 hours, but I advised her that once she has a secure mentorship site and/or mentor then, she will most likely be with her mentor learning the tools of the trade.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?
Jazmin expects to see examples or deep explanations of what the senior's subject is and what specifically they did.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

• For your mentorship, what do you have to do?

It depends on what you want to do for your topic. For example, my topic is skin cancer and at the hospital I just follow the nurses around and help out whenever I can. But in your case, since you want to do cosmetology and your aunt works in that field, then maybe she could let you practice on someone or something along those lines. If you can get first-hand experience in your topic, then that's better than following someone around because you are getting first-hand knowledge about your subject

• In your 2-hour what will you go over?

Basically the foundation of the essential question, the answers that answer your E.Q, and the product, which is what you hope to accomplish at the end of the senior project. For example, depending on the topic, you can say that you are going to attend college and specifically focus on your topic, or go attain a job in this field. Some of the time consists of the senior explaining what they did for their mentorship or their independent component. If your explaining your Answer 1 and you have a really cool story/experience that relates to it, then you have the opportunity to do so.